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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN THEODORE TUSSAUD, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FUR, 800., TO WOVEN FABRICS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,390, datedSeptember 16, 18190.

Application filed March 7, 1889. Serial No. 302,365. (No model.)Patented in England November 8, 1886, No. 14,414,- in France September14,1887,No.185,840; in Germany October 4, 1887, No. 45,743; in BelgiumOctober 7, 1887, No. 79,115, and in Canada December 5, 1888,1To. 80,332.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN THEODORE TussAUD, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Marylebone Road, London, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for ApplyingFur, Hair, Wool, or other Fiber or Feathers to Woven Fabrics or otherReceiving-Surfaces, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in GreatBritain, No. 14,414, dated No vember 8, 1886; in France, No. 185,840,dated September 14, 1887; in Germany, No. 45,743, dated October 4, 1887;in Belgium, No. 79,115, dated October 7, 1887, and in Canada, No.30,332, dated December 5,1888,) of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to machinery to be used in applying fur, hair,wool, or other fiber or feathers to woven fabrics or otherreceiving-surfaces. This maehineryis to be employed in carrying out, inpart, a process which forms the subject of another patent-applicationfiled by me on November 1, 1877, Serial N 0. 253,966. The purpose whichthe machinery serves is to accumulate in a continuous line upon a tapeof velveteen or other receiving-s11 rface tufts naturally arranged ofthe fur or other material, from which receiving-surface the fur or otherarranged material is transferred to a receiving fabric or surface coatedwith cement, whereby a product is obtained which closely resembles anatural skin.

In order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carriedinto effect, I will proceed to describe the same Wit-h reference to thedrawings hereunto annexed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine by which the fur isaccumulated on the tape of velveteen or like material. Fig. 2 is an endelevation of same, the rear portions of the machine, however, beingomitted. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 1 1in Fig. 1 and as seen looking to the left. Fig. 4 is a similar view asseen looking to the right.

In the drawings, a a represents the fixed framing of the machine, and bis a swinging frame pivoted on the bar I) of the frame a at the pointsI) b. This frame I) is capable of movement to and from the frame a, andis connected by the rod 0 and arm 0 (the former of which is hinged tothe frame I) at the point 0) with the crank-pin d on a cam d affixed tothe hack of or forming part of the beveled wheel d of the main shaft (Z,which is driven in any convenient manner, but preferably by the pulleyas shown. The crank-pin cl is adjustable in the slot d in one of thespokes of the cam d and the rod 0 is adjustable in the forked arm 0 atthe point e by the set-nut, as shown,'in order that the throw of saidrod, and consequently the movement of the frame I), may be regulated.The beveled wheel (1 serves to drive a second beveled wheel (1 at rightangles thereto, the shaft d of which carries a gear-wheel e, which inturn drives a second wheel c, which operates what I term the cam-shaftf, which is thus rotated at the same speed as the main shaft. Thecamshaft carries three cams f f f which control the movements of variousparts of the machine, as hereinafter described.

g is a sloping feed-trough mounted on the frame a. It is rectangular inform and open at the top. The tufts of fur are laid in the trough byhand in the state as nearly as may be in which it lies on the back ofthe animal, excepting only that it has been removed from the skin bymachinery or otherwise with as little derangement as possible. It is,however, divided into widths such as the trough can receive, and it islaid in the trough with the roots of the hair downward and the pointsinclining upward and to the rear. In this trough is an endless beltg',traveling around a roller 24 at one end and passing at the otherthrough a slot in the trough g at the point 9 The bottom of the troughis continued beyond this point, as shown by the dotted lines, and in theside walls of the same is supported a loose roller 72, beneath which thefur passes, and which serves to keep it down. Beneath this portion ofthe bottom of the trough is a thin plate a, to the bottom of which issoldered or secured a pin 9 which engages with slots in the forked armso o of cranked levers o o, pivoted in the supports of the trough.

' camf The end of this plate a projects like a lip, as shown, a shortdistance in front of the trough g, and it is normally kept in thisposition by means of the spring 12 pressing against one of the levers t.

The roller u, and consequently the band g, is operated intermittingly bythe gear-wheel it, turned by the ratchet-wheel u through the pinion 1B.The ratchet-wheel 7.6 has a stepby-step movement imparted to it by meansof the pawl a on the arm a said arm being pivoted at the point a. Thisarm is connected by the pin y with a second arm y, both arms havingslots in which the ping can be moved, and consequently the travel of thepawl adjusted. The upper arm a has attached to it a spring L1 whichconnects it to the framing and keeps the pawl up to its work. A secondpawl u is pivoted to the frame-work of the trough to prevent any backmotion of the ratchet-wheel. The arm y is pivoted at the point if to theframe-work, and at an intermediate p'oint carries on an arm 3africtionroller g, which bears upon the cam d of the beveled wheel 61 Inthis way upon the revolution of the cam the roller u is operated intermittently through the mechanism described, and the fur lying upon thesurface of the band g is advanced intermittingly to the mouth of thetrough.

At each side of the trough g there is secured an upright 7t betweenwhich uprights is pivoted an arm 71?, which carries a bar 1', sliding upand down a short distance in stationary guides d. The bar 1' carries atits lower edge a comb t the pins or teeth ot' which enter among the furin front of the loose roller h. This comb is down in the fur at the timewhen, as hereinafter described, the tuft of fur is robbed from thetrough; but it is raised out of the fur at the time when the band gmoves to drive the fur forward. Its purpose when in the fur is to permitof only the quantity which projects being taken from the trough and tokeep back the rest. The bar 1' is loosely pivoted at its upper end tothe lever 72?, and'a spring t is provided at the joint to avoid thenecessity for accurately adjusting the stroke of the lever. This leveris connected by a rod j to the end of a lever j, Fig. 4, carrying afriction-roller J which rests constantly upon the periphery of the Inthis way the cam f ,-through the parts described, imparts a rockingmotion to the arm h and consequently an up-and-down movement to the combThe other end of the lever j is pivoted at 7' to a block on the frame a.

Upon the swinging or rocking frame I) a sliding plate is mounted, asbest shown in Fig. 2. To a bracket on this is attached a spring is, theother end of which is secured to a bracket-arm 70 which passes through aslot in the frame 70, and is attached to the frame 19, as seen inFig. 1. The expansion of this spring causes the frame is to be forcedup, and thus presses a conical roll 70 (which it carries in. an open orcut-away part) constantly upon the face of the cam fon shaft-f. Thisframe 70 is held to the frame Z) by the bolts z z z, which pass throughslotted openings in the same.

Z is a nipping-blade, which is carried by the frame 70 in guides 70 k inwhich it can rise and fall. This blade is attached to and held by thesprings 70 7a, which yield when the lower edge of the blade is firmlypressed upon a surface beneath. This surface is a curved strip or tablem, fixed to the rocking frame I) by a bracket m, as shown in Fig. 3.When the frame I) is advanced to the fixed frame a by the pull of therod 0-, this table m passes beneath the lip or plate a of thefeed-trough g. The frame Z) has arms upon it which carry the twostud-axes b and 11 On the first the drum n is mounted, which carries thevelveteen tape upon which the tufts of fur are to be laid. Said drum nhas a disk or flange n attached to it, which keeps the tape in position.The tape from this drum passes over a roller n along the surface of thetable m and over a drum 0, which has a roughened file-like surface, andwhich, being driven with a step-by-step motion, draws the tape forward,until finally-the tape with the fur upon it is wound upon the drum 1).The drum p is carried by a pendulous arm 19', supported by a bracket-arm19*, said arm 19' having a cord 19 attached to the same. This cordpasses over guide-pulleys p 19 19 to a weight 13 which holds the drum 19up to the face of the roller 0, the latter thus frictionally impartingits movement to it. The roller 0 is driven by a lever o, pivoted to theaxis of the same and carrying a driving-pawl 0 engaging with aratchet-wheel 0 This lever o is actuated by a cord 0 passing overpulleys 0 0 to the end of a lever 0 pivoted on a rod 0 attached to theframe a. On this lever is a frictionroller 0 bearing on the periphery ofthe cam f the operation of which,

i as will be seen, imparts a step-by-step movement through the ratchetand pawl to the drum 0 when assisted by the action of a spring 0attached between the arm 0' and a bracket on the frame a, and whichserves to return the pawl. A curved spring 0 is attached to the armwhich carries the drum 0, and carries a leather or similar face o whichacts as a brake onthe ratchet 0 The pendulous arm 13 carries anadjustable. spring 12 which, pressing against the extended axis 19 ofthe drum 19, keeps it in place and applies a suitable friction. Themanner in which this spring is attached to the arm 19 is clearly shownin Fig. 1. WVhen the spring is slackened, the drum p, when full, canbetaken out and another put in its place.

In connection with the drum at similar means of applying a slightfriction to the same are provided, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the drummay not unwind too freely.

By the mechanism which I have described for each to-and-fro movement ofthe rocking IIO frame I) the velveteen tape is moved a step forwardequal about to the width of the feedtrough g, so that each tuft of furmay be deposited in a fresh place. On the arm 19* of the rocking framethere is also an arm b to which rests upon a roller at the extremity ofanother cranked arm a", pivoted on an axis 7",

the other extremity of same passing under a stop 4*, which serves tolimit its movement. On the same axis a" and affixed to the arm 7" is ashort curved arm 4, Fig. 3, carrying a roller, and this, when therocking frame advances to the feed-trough, comes against the incline s,fixed to the frame a. t is a bobbin mounted on the arm 19*, from which athread passes through an arm 25, which carries a guide-eye for the same,and from thence down onto the face of the velveteen tape. The tension ofthe thread can be adjusted by the nut securing the spring 25 of thebobbin.

, The action of the machine is as follows: The frame b advances to thefeed-trough until the plate a at the end of the trough projects over thetable m and rests just upon the velveteen tape. This forward movement ofthe frame 1) causes the curved arm 4* to strike the incline s on theframe a, and so to elevate the end of the arm 0', carrying the roller,which strikes the incline g of the arm q, thus causing the same to liftand so raise the wire m (which normally lies on the surface of the tape)off from the tape. At the same time the rotation of the cam-shaft causesthe cam f, through the roller 7a", to force down the frame It, and sodepress the blade Z, which nips a tuft of hair projecting from thetrough between its edge and the surface of the velveteen tape lying onthe table m, the platen having been momentarily withdrawn to expose theends of the hair for this purpose by means of the cranked arms t, whichhave been struck by the arms a, mounted alongside of the blade Z. Itwill be understood that the band 9 is intermittently advanced andcarries the fur along with it, and that directly after the fur is robbedfrom the trough the comb r? is raised out of the hair to enable more tobe pushed forward. rocking frame commences to retire, taking with it thetuft, the comb begins to descend and holdsthe next tuft of furprojecting over the plate to, which has been advanced for this purposeby the release of the arm o.

The tuft taken away by the rocking frame now rests upon the velveteentape, with the roots of the fur well over to the farther edge of thetape. The fur naturally clings to the surface of the velveteen, but isheld also by the wire m which descends upon it as the frame retires bythe falling of the arm q be- The moment the fore the nipping-blade risesand releases it. The wire, however, does not impede the on ward movementof the fur when the tape travels on. As the tape, with the fur upon it,advances it meets the threads from the bobbin 25, which lies upon theface of the same across the tufts and binds them down onto the tape,which is advanced by the step-bystep movement of the drum 0 over thesame until both the tape and thread are wound together onto the drum 19.The entire operation is repeated with each forward motion of the rockingframe, so that a continuous line of'fur is arranged upon the velveteentape. As soon as a sufficiently-large roll of the tape and fur hasaccumulated the drum 19, with the tape and fur thereon, may be removedfrom the machine and transferred to another machine, (not shown,) whenthe fur is transferred from the tape to a cemented back or surfaceprepared to receive it.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In apparatus for applying fur,hair, wool, or other fiber or feathersto woven fabrics or other receiving-surfaces, the combination of aguidetrough containing the fur or material, afraine oscillating to andfrom the mouth of said guide-trough, a carrying tape or surface ofvelveteen or like material carried on the oscillating frame, and anipping-blade also carried on the oscillating frame, the whole soarranged that successive tufts of the fur or material are taken from thetrough and accumulated in a continuous line upon the carrying tape orsurface, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with apparatus for intermittently delivering tuftsof furor like material, of an oscillating frame carrying anautomatically-operated ni p pin g-blad e, a table, a roll of tape onwhich the tufts of fur are placed by the nipping-blade, means forholding the fur temporarily in position on said tape, a thread-bobbinwith means for laying its thread upon the tape, and means for rolling upsaid tape and fur, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, with a-guide-trough containing anintermittently-operated bandfor carrying the tufts of fur or the likeand having a projecting plate with means for withdrawing and advancingthe same,'and an intermittently-operated comb for holdingthe fur in thetrough, of an oscillating frame adapted to operate the withdrawingmechanism of the projecting plate and adapted to receive the fur and layitin a continuous line upon a tape, substantially as herein set forth.In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN THEODORE TUSSAUD. "Witnesses:

PHILIP M. JUSTICE, ALLEN P. J ONES.

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